brake /breik/ noun, verb
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1 a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle 刹 车；制动器；车闸：to put/s〖am on
t/ie brakes踩/猛踩 刹车◊ the brake peda丨刹车踏板一picture c> bicycle, page Ri — see also air brake, disc brake, footbrake, handbrake 2 〜（on sth) a thing that stops sth or makes it
difficult 阻力；障碍：High interest rates are a
brake on the
economy.高利率阻碍了经济发展。IT»TB1 see jam v.
m verb to go slower or make a vehicle go slower using the brake 用—闸减速；刹（车）：[V] TTie car brafced and swerved.浠褕车减车速来了个急转弯。◊ truck brafced to a ha〖t.那辆卡车刹住了。◊ you don’t need to brafce at every bend没必要一遇到拐弯就用车闸。◊ She had to brake hard to avoid running into
the car in front. 她不得不猛踩刹车，以免撞上前面的车。〇[VN] He braked the car and puHed in to
'the side 〇/ the road•他减缓车 速，然后开到路边。
'brake fluid noun [U] liquid used in brakes to make the different parts move smoothly 刹车油；制动液
'brake light {NAmE also 'stop light) noun a red light on the back of a vehicle that comes on when the brakes are
used刹车指示灯，制动灯（在车尾）
'brake pad noun a thin block that presses onto t±ie disc in a disc brake in a vehicle, in order to stop the vehicle (汽车盘式制动器上的）制动垫块
bram-ble /'braembl/ noun 1 (especially 6r£) a wild bush with thorns on which blackberries grow 黑莓灌木
2 (SrE)
= BLACKBERRY
Bram-ley /'braemli/ noun a type of large apple, used in cooking绿苹果（用于烹饪）
bran /brsen/ noun [U] the outer covering of grain which is
left when the grain is made into flour 糠；麸皮 branch tHt /braintj; NAmEbraentH noun, verb m noun
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OF TREE 1 a part of a tree
that grows out from the main stem and on which
leaves, flowers and fruit grow 树枝 一 picture tree
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OF COMPANY 公司 2 a local office or shop/store belonging to a large company or
organization 分支； 分部；分行；分店：The banfc has branches aH over the coundy.那泰舍行在全国各地设有分行。◊ OurNew Ybrfc branch is deaifng with the matter•我们的纽约分部正在处
理这件事。
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OF GOVERNMENT 政府 3 a part of a government or other large
organization that deals with one particular aspect of its work 政府部门；分支机构 HTTl department ： the anti-terrorist branch
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OF KNOWLEDGE 知 ij1 4 a division of an area of know- ledge or a
group oflanguages (学科及语言的）分支：
the
branch of computer science known as 'artificial intel- Zigence’计算机科学中的所谓“人1智能”分科
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OF RIVER/ROAD 河；路 5 a smaller or less important part of a river, road, railway/railroad,
etc. that leads away from the main part 支流；支路；支线：a brcmc/i 〇/ the
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OF FAMILY 家庭 6 a group of members of a family who all have the same ancestors
家族分支：My unde’s branch 〇/the/amfiy emigrated to Canada.我们家族中我 叔父的这一支移居到了加拿大。
ITTO1 see root n.
mverb [V] to divide into two or more parts, especially smaller or less
important parts 分开； '备岔•. The accident happened where the road branches.事故发生在 岔道处。.branch ’off 1 (of a road or river 路、 河j to be joined to another road or river
but lead in a different direction 分岔：Just after the lake, the
path branches o# to the right.小路经合湖后向右分出一条岔
道 0 2
(of a person 人）to leave a road or
path and
travel in a different
direction 改道；转道，branch _out (into sth) to start to do an activity that you have
not done before，especially in your work or imsiness 涉足 (新工作）；拓展（釦业# > saa DIVERSIFY
： The
company branched out into selling insurance, ^ ^1JF